Fire Guts Onitsha Main Market And Reduces Fortune To Rubble

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a section of the popular main market in Onitsha, Anambra State, has been razed down following a fire outbreak.

A trader in the market, Obenta Jude said two blocks of shops within the section of the market known as Kano Street have so far been razed by the inferno.

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He said efforts by firefighters who arrived at the scene shortly to put out the fire had not been successful as the fire continued raging.

Confirming the incident, Fire Chief, Engr Martin Agbili said his men were promptly deployed to the area immediately after he was alerted.

He said: “At about 0220hrs (2.20am) of Monday 28-11-2022, Anambra State Fire Service, received a distress call of a fire outbreak at Kano Street behind Main Market, Onitsha.

“However, we deployed our fire truck and firefighters to the scene of the fire and they have been working there. They have gone for the refilling of the fire truck twice.”

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At the time of filing this report, the cause of the fire, which reportedly started around midnight, is yet to be ascertained.

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